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Books About Books
Books about: other books, literacy in general, writers, bookstores, literary culture. Usually non-fiction, but can be fiction as long as books are a central plot theme.
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If you’re in the mood for a little lateral thinking, consider the popular informal genre known as “books about books.”
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reading for me is one of the central facets of existence. I cannot spend a day without a book. I have – in common with everybody – regular moments of mental unrest, roiling disquiet, uncertainty and anxiety. I manage them with a sedative, an analgesic: the escape into worlds created by other people. The invention of the novel, it seems to me, is one of the true triumphs of human endeavour. It codifies something magnificent within all of us: the act of empathy. When we read, we forge a connection
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― What to read next. How to make books part of your life.
― What to read next. How to make books part of your life.
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There are things we can say in nonfiction that cannot be said outright in fiction. And there are truths that can be conveyed in fiction that the constraints of nonfiction would never allow.
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― Sending Signals: Amplify the Reach, Resonance and Results of Your Ideas
― Sending Signals: Amplify the Reach, Resonance and Results of Your Ideas
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